December 7, 2025: 2nd Sunday in Advent
December 7, 9:00 a.m. - Sunday School
December 7, 10:00 a.m. - Worship Service with Communion; healing service
December 14, 2025: 3rd Sunday in Advent
December 14, 9:00 a.m. - Sunday School
December 14, 10:00 a.m. - Worship Service with Communion
December 14, 11:15 a.m. - Executive/Council
December 18, 6:00 p.m. - Guys' Night Out
December 21, 2025: 4th Sunday in Advent
December 21, 11:00 a.m. - Joint Worship Service with Communion with CJMC
December 21, 12:15 p.m. - Potluck
December 24, 7:00 p.m. - Candlelight Christmas Eve Service with Communion
(Music starts at 6:30 p.m.)
December 25 - MERRY CHRISTMAS!
December 28, 2025: 1st Sunday of Christmas
December 28, 10:00 a.m. - Lessons and Carols Worship Service with no Communion
January 1, 2026 - HAPPY NEW YEARS!
January 4, 2026: 2nd Sunday of Christmas
January 4, 9:00 a.m. - Sunday School
January 4, 10:00 a.m. - Worship Service with Communion
January 4, 11:15 a.m. - Take down Christmas decorations
January 6, 6:00 p.m. - Women's Dinner
WORSHIP SCHEDULE
We offer a traditional worship service on Sundays at 10:00 a.m. which is streamed to our church YouTube channel and also placed on our Facebook page. Please subscribe to our YouTube channel for live streaming notification. Masks are optional.
HOLY COMMUNION
We celebrate Communion weekly. All baptized Christians who believe that Jesus Christ is truly present in the bread and wine are invited to join us in the celebration of Holy Communion. Grape juice is available in the center of the tray. After communing, please place your empty cup in the basket on the table. Non-communing children and adults are welcome to come forward for a blessing.
PASTORAL CARE/COMMUNION
If you would like a visit from Pastor Robin for pastoral care and/or communion, please contact Pastor Robin so we can set something up.
DONATION OPPORTUNITIES
THE SMOKY ROW FOOD PANTRY
The Smoky Row Food Pantry is at 7260 Smoky Row Rd., Columbus. The most needed items for October, November, and December include:
Please place donations in the containers located in the Narthex. Your generosity is gratefully appreciated by our neighbors in need. Thank you!
WOMEN'S DINNER AND GUYS NIGHT OUT
The women will meet on Tuesday, January 6th at 6:00 p.m. at El Asadero Mexican Bar & Grill, 9762 Sawmill Parkway, Powell, OH 43065 (614) 932-9100. The next Guys’ Night Out will be on Thursday, December 18th, at 6:00 p.m. at Nasty's Sports Bar & Grill, 4561 Scioto Darby Rd., Columbus, Ohio 43026 (614) 219-1531. All are welcome!
POINSETTIAS
If you have ordered a poinsettia(s) for Christmas Eve, please pay by check, marking it for poinsettias, or with Vanco Mobile, seasonal flower fund. Poinsettias are $10.99 this year. Poinsettias may be taken home after our Christmas Eve service.
FELLOWSHIP CHRISTMAS OUTREACH OPPORTUNITY
From December 1st through the 24th, FLC members can contribute to reach others during the Christmas season. To improve our global reach, FLC will again use the ELCA good gifts effort to support outreach beyond our borders. You can select from many options on their website or make a donation toward Good Gifts in an envelope. Amounts range from as little as $10 for set of chicks to $2500 to commission a water well. The gifts amounts are here: https://goodgifts.elca.org/
SUNDAY SCHOOL
Sunday School classes for youth and adults are Sunday mornings at 9:00 a.m.
The adult class is studying Adam Hamilton’s The Call: The Life and Message of the Apostle Paul. Pete Cardimen is teaching our youth. Everyone is welcome to attend! If anyone is interested in teaching the preschool class in the 2025-26 school year, please let Dianna Roll or Pastor Robin know. There will not be Sunday School classes on 12/21/25 and 12/28/25.
SAVE THE DATES
GIVE TO FELLOWSHIP WITH YOUR SMARTPHONE WITH VANCO MOBILE
Our EFT provider, Vanco, provides a smartphone app, Vanco Mobile, to enable anyone to donate at anytime to Fellowship. It makes it easy to give instantaneously for a regular gift, a recurring gift, or a special occasion gift.
FELLOWSHIP NOW HAS AN INSTAGRAM PAGE
Thanks to Pete and Lilly Cardimen, Fellowship now has an Instagram page! Click on the link below to access the page:
https://www.instagram.com/fellowship_lutheran_church/#
WORSHIP SERVERS NEEDED
If you are able to help out at our 10:00 a.m. worship service, please let Pastor Robin or Tracy know. There also is a sign-up sheet in the narthex. We need assisting ministers, greeters, counters, and readers weekly and a fellowship host on one Sunday of each month.
LIGHT SNACKS AFTER WORSHIP
If you are interested in providing a light snack after worship, please sign up on the Worship Server Sheet. Thank you!
KROGER PLUS COMMUNITY AWARDS
If you would like to register your Kroger card for the Community Rewards Program, please contact Pastor Robin or the church office.
WHEN LEAVING THE CHURCH
Please be sure to lock the doors, turn the coffee pot off, and turn off the lights when you leave the church! Thanks!
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